The semi-transparent soul kept battering the lid. The bizarre sight sent a chill creeping through Wei Fan's heart.
"Human Origin Pill, Human Origin Pill... soon, it'll be refined!"
"Souls... I need more souls!"
The withered figure's body trembled as it let out a hoarse voice.
"Human Origin Pill, souls?" After giving it some thought, Wei Fan understood the reason.
This fellow before him was clearly using human souls to refine pills!
Wei Fan wanted to go down and kill the withered figure right now, but this place was very close to both Zhu Mansion and the Talisman Master Tower. If he acted rashly, he would certainly draw the attention of both sides.
Wei Fan was confident in his strength, but he had not reached the point where he could act without restraint.
Thus, how to kill this man was a difficult problem.
After observing for a while, Wei Fan released the True Intent State and concealed his aura.
A few breaths later, a gust of cold wind swept across his spine, and the White Ghost Soul appeared at his side.
"Friend on the roof, you've watched long enough. Come down and join me!" A gloomy voice rang out.
Wei Fan flipped down, pushed open the door, and entered the room.
"Hehehe... a Night Watcher?"
The gaunt pill refiner turned around, letting out bursts of strange laughter.
"Such a strong body—perfect for my experiment!" The pill refiner looked at Wei Fan as though he were prey.
"An experiment? I tracked the White Ghost Soul here during my investigation. I never expected you to be the chief culprit harming the villagers!"
Wei Fan drew his Wild Goose Wing Saber and roared, "You scum, tonight I'll rid the people of evil!"
"How laughable. There are always newcomers who have just joined the Night Watch Team, blindly stumbling here to throw away their lives."
The pill refiner wore a mocking smile. "You don't think your passion and sense of justice alone can defeat me, do you?"
His body rapidly swelled, transforming into a muscular man over two meters tall, his entire body radiating dense blood energy.
"Hahaha! Weak Night Watcher, you're still practicing the Three Yuan Battle Art, aren't you? Let me tell you something—I've already reached the peak of the Divine Strength Realm. I'm only one step away from breaking through into the Blood Rage Realm!"
"Hm? I'm a member of the Night Watch Team. You dare attack me? Aren't you afraid of causing a disturbance?" Wei Fan asked with an astonished expression.
"Heh, you're just a Night Watcher. Killing you is nothing. As for any disturbance, I set up a Muting Array in this courtyard long ago. Hehehe, your cries for help won't carry outside!"
"Is that so? Then I can rest easy." Wei Fan's eyes narrowed, and a savage grin spread across his face.
"What do you mean?" Under the pill refiner's puzzled gaze, an incomparably powerful aura erupted from Wei Fan's body.
Wei Fan's originally lean body suddenly ballooned as though inflated, turning directly into a burly giant over two and a half meters tall. Every muscle gleamed with a dark bluish-black luster, like tightly twisted steel. Twelve red lights gradually lit up at the joints throughout his body, each containing explosive power.
"T-ten... twelvefold burst?" The pill refiner's eyes bulged, his soul nearly flying from his body.
Why aren't you making a move? Didn't you want to kill me? Wei Fan grinned savagely and brought his huge palm crashing down at the pill refiner's head.
Under the immense force of nearly a hundred thousand jin, the pill refiner was as fragile as a block of tofu. Bones compressed and shattered throughout his body, flesh and blood splattering everywhere. His head was smashed straight into his chest cavity, leaving him dead beyond all doubt.
After killing him, Wei Fan looked toward the pill furnace.
At that moment, as though it had sensed something, the White Ghost Soul slammed toward Wei Fan.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The White Ghost Soul was scorched by Wei Fan's dense blood energy. Like a moth flying into a flame, it vanished in an instant, soul and spirit both scattered.
Energy +3
Three points of energy—better than nothing.
Wei Fan then searched the pill refiner's corpse and found an ancient book titled "Human Origin Pill."
After searching the room again, he found several bottles and jars, along with eight gold leaves.
According to the prices Wei Fan knew, one gold leaf was equivalent to one hundred taels of silver.
A full eight hundred taels of silver was simply an enormous fortune in Wushan Village.
Wei Fan tucked the ancient book and gold leaves into his clothes. The bottles and jars had no labels, so taking them would be useless.
Finally, Wei Fan walked toward the pill furnace.
The three-legged, two-eared bronze pill furnace was still boiling. Inside, the semi-transparent souls repeatedly pushed up the lid.
Wei Fan extended his Wild Goose Wing Saber and flicked it upward, sending the lid flying open.
Woooooo~
Countless souls drifted out. Among them were several faces Wei Fan had seen before—the villagers from Wushan Village's Outer Circle.
They circled Wei Fan several times, as if thanking him.
But they were too fragile, and before long, they dispersed on their own.
"The chief culprit is dead. You can rest in peace now." Wei Fan sheathed his saber and muttered soundlessly.
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